Border Patrol Agents Work With DPS Troopers To Arrest 28 Illegal Aliens (KRIStv.com)

Border Patrol Agents Work With DPS Troopers To Arrest 28 Illegal Aliens

Updated: April 8, 2009 05:17 PM

LAREDO (AP) - Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents and DPS troopers worked together to apprehend 28 illegal aliens Tuesday night.

The case began when agents working at the checkpoint located on Interstate Highway 35 north of Laredo performed an immigration inspection of the driver of a tractor-trailer. The agents decided to make a secondary inspection of the vehicle and instructed the driver to move the truck to the inspection area. Instead of following directions, the driver bypassed the inspection area and headed north on Interstate-35.

Agents pursued the truck and attempted to stop it but the driver refused to pull over. When the truck reached mile marker 40, DPS troopers took over the pursuit. Near mile marker 49, troopers deployed spike strips that deflated the truck's two front tires, prompting the driver to eventually stop the vehicle.

After the driver was arrested, agents and troopers searched the truck and found 28 undocumented aliens in the trailer.

The driver and the aliens were turned over Immigration and Customs Enforcement.